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11th Oct 2021, 17:51
Replies: 16
Views: 2,766
Posted By Fareastdriver

The Victor prototypes was a design fault; no...

The Victor prototypes was a design fault; no enough bolts holding the tail on. Wyton was rumoured to have been an overcook.
11th Oct 2021, 17:48
Replies: 20
Views: 4,658
Posted By Fareastdriver

WD413 was delivered on the 28th Feb. 1950 as a...

WD413 was delivered on the 28th Feb. 1950 as a C21. Unlikely to ever having been camouflaged and certainty not invasion stripes.
11th Oct 2021, 08:57
Replies: 16
Views: 2,766
Posted By Fareastdriver

I think that that competition ended with the...

I think that that competition ended with the break-up over Syerston.
11th Oct 2021, 08:55
Replies: 20
Views: 4,658
Posted By Fareastdriver

Roundabout 1944

Roundabout 1944
9th Oct 2021, 09:02
Replies: 2,080
Views: 606,027
Posted By Fareastdriver

China's industrial explosion in the 80s and 90s...

China's industrial explosion in the 80s and 90s was only possible because of the number of Taiwanese who came to China to train the local population.

They could speak the lingo and knew how the...
8th Oct 2021, 07:42
Replies: 2,080
Views: 606,027
Posted By Fareastdriver

Next in line to the native Taiwanese are the...

Next in line to the native Taiwanese are the Dutch.
1st Oct 2021, 18:00
Replies: 8
Views: 1,620
Posted By Fareastdriver

There is an article in Wiki: ...

There is an article in Wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca/Eureka_transponding_radar

My experience was on Vampires. It was never used in anger because we did not have any procedures. ...
30th Sep 2021, 07:59
Replies: 97
Views: 21,158
Posted By Fareastdriver

At Honington in the early sixties the ration...

At Honington in the early sixties the ration trucks' route was: Sergeants' Mess, Airmens' Mess, Aircrew Feeder and what was left over was thrown to the officers.
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Sep 2021, 14:40
Replies: 556
Views: 147,777
Posted By Fareastdriver

I beg your pardon. The 330 was a pure military...

I beg your pardon. The 330 was a pure military development. It was only when it was a success the Sud went for the civil version. Even then they had to get the cooperation of the RAF and the...
28th Sep 2021, 08:25
Replies: 30
Views: 11,474
Posted By Fareastdriver

In the old days where there was a big piston in...

In the old days where there was a big piston in front of the pilot a curved approach was quite common. Old films about the Pacific War show that carrier borne aircraft did it as well.
16th Sep 2021, 15:30
Replies: 13
Views: 8,861
Posted By Fareastdriver

IIRC they would take the doors off. They did in...

IIRC they would take the doors off. They did in Borneo.
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Sep 2021, 08:52
Replies: 17
Views: 3,928
Posted By Fareastdriver

What they are hoping for is the a technically...

What they are hoping for is the a technically ignorant government minister will give them a big development grant.

Then they are quids in.
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Sep 2021, 08:50
Replies: 17
Views: 3,928
Posted By Fareastdriver

What they are hoping for is a technically savvy...

What they are hoping for is a technically savvy government minister will give them a big development grant which will keep them in clover for years.
13th Sep 2021, 18:42
Replies: 18
Views: 4,694
Posted By Fareastdriver

It was a fiasco. I. in 1965 was the O/C records...

It was a fiasco. I. in 1965 was the O/C records on 90 Sqn. The whole story of their involvement with the B17 was laid out.

Fantastic! Fly at 30 thousand feet and nothing could touch you. All...
13th Sep 2021, 08:43
Replies: 680
Views: 292,943
Posted By Fareastdriver

Communication Squadron Ansons and the Welsh...

Communication Squadron Ansons and the Welsh Mountains did a sterling job clearing out the bottlenecks in the promotion ladder.
12th Sep 2021, 19:56
Replies: 18
Views: 4,694
Posted By Fareastdriver

I know that 90 Squadron operated them. ...

I know that 90 Squadron operated them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._90_Squadron_RAF
11th Sep 2021, 08:29
Replies: 42
Views: 11,310
Posted By Fareastdriver

A cache of ex Japanese chemical weapons were...

A cache of ex Japanese chemical weapons were found on an island in the Solomon Islands. Uncle Sam dispatched a disposal team, about ten of them, in a C5. This C5 was now the largest man made object...
11th Sep 2021, 07:58
Replies: 29
Views: 9,585
Posted By Fareastdriver

I was born in the sick bay of RAF Cranwell.. In...

I was born in the sick bay of RAF Cranwell.. In my later career people would ask me if I had been at Cranwell.

I would answer that I had; I was No2 Entry.

I had an elder sister.
10th Sep 2021, 13:18
Replies: 15
Views: 8,856
Posted By Fareastdriver

I'm glad you said page 90.

I'm glad you said page 90.
10th Sep 2021, 09:29
Replies: 12
Views: 3,072
Posted By Fareastdriver

The first PIPS were fitted to XW209 in the late...

The first PIPS were fitted to XW209 in the late Autumn 1977 because I flew it to Marignane for it to be modified. When it returned it almost immediately went to Norway to replace XW 205. With the...
6th Sep 2021, 14:37
Replies: 21
Views: 5,487
Posted By Fareastdriver

No doubt it would have come under the heading'...

No doubt it would have come under the heading' Far too Difficult ' and be removed by the local scrap dealers.
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Sep 2021, 15:56
Replies: 40
Views: 8,503
Posted By Fareastdriver

The difficulty with continuing his descent was...

The difficulty with continuing his descent was the fact that there was a bus underneath him; possibly full of orphaned children.
Forum: Rotorheads
2nd Sep 2021, 13:25
Replies: 52
Views: 25,451
Posted By Fareastdriver

No contractors left to service them, no Afghan...

No contractors left to service them, no Afghan pilots to fly them.
2nd Sep 2021, 09:11
Replies: 31
Views: 8,372
Posted By Fareastdriver

The strop was certainly strong enough to carry a...

The strop was certainly strong enough to carry a piano across Kowloon Harbour.
29th Aug 2021, 14:26
Replies: 20
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Views: 3,918
Posted By Fareastdriver

I got a VPN when I renewed my AVG antivirus.. Up...

I got a VPN when I renewed my AVG antivirus.. Up till them my internet was running very satis at 33mb/s. The VPN screwed it up.

It took two or three seconds to load anything compared with almost...
26th Aug 2021, 13:01
Replies: 37
Views: 10,856
Posted By Fareastdriver

We used to call it Blue on Blue.

We used to call it Blue on Blue.
22nd Aug 2021, 08:22
Replies: 889
Views: 208,463
Posted By Fareastdriver

Who would have thought it.- An ex Socialist...

Who would have thought it.- An ex Socialist Prime Minister of the United Kingdom calling the decisions of a Democratic President of the United States 'inbecilic'.
6th Aug 2021, 09:12
Replies: 2,080
Views: 606,027
Posted By Fareastdriver

If the Chinese ferries are the same Chinese...

If the Chinese ferries are the same Chinese ferries that I have been on the troops will be incapacitated half way across.

That's if they get that far.
5th Aug 2021, 13:17
Replies: 30
Views: 4,202
Posted By Fareastdriver

Strange; In the seventies we stopped the crewmen...

Strange; In the seventies we stopped the crewmen doing that and made them attach it to the floor.

The reason was quite simple. A French Army Puma was carrying a jeep underslung when the bottom...
5th Aug 2021, 08:54
Replies: 1
Views: 591
Posted By Fareastdriver

Google Earth airfield overlay.

Just a punt: Years ago somebody described how to put a wartime airfields overlay on Google Earth. I did it at the time on my old computer and there is a thread on Jetblast asking how to do it.
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5th Aug 2021, 08:35
Replies: 14
Views: 5,264
Posted By Fareastdriver

There was a thread which told you precisely how...

There was a thread which told you precisely how to put past and present RAF stations as an overlay on Google Earth. I have it on my old laptop but I cannot find out how to do to my new GE.
2nd Aug 2021, 09:08
Replies: 33
Views: 13,719
Posted By Fareastdriver

When I went through flying training in 1960 if...

When I went through flying training in 1960 if there wasn't three pillars of smoke in the sky by Monday lunchtime the week hadn't really got started.
1st Aug 2021, 09:31
Replies: 471
Views: 132,038
Posted By Fareastdriver

The OCTU at South Cerney had an unitive test...

The OCTU at South Cerney had an unitive test whereas the cadets had to hitch over the weekend and phone in on Monday to see who who had gone the furthest. One hitched to Fairford or Brize and...
31st Jul 2021, 09:55
Replies: 38
Views: 5,453
Posted By Fareastdriver

I have ironed out the problems with Open Office...

I have ironed out the problems with Open Office so I am quitting whilst I'm ahead.

Thanks for all the help.
28th Jul 2021, 19:41
Replies: 69
Views: 13,177
Posted By Fareastdriver

All this time from my #30 and nobody has pulled...

All this time from my #30 and nobody has pulled me up on my story about being stuck in Nairobi after an Argosy flight in 1960; which was two years before they first flew. I was stuck in Nairobi when...
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